By Rashad Grove The formation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) has been critical to the development of Black life in America. Alongside houses of worship and business entities, HBCUs are some of the oldest institutions perpetually owned and managed by African Americans. As defined by the Thurgood Marshall Fund, HBCUs were “established in the United States early in the 19th century, to provide undergraduate and graduate level educational opportunities to people of African descent. According to the Higher Education Act of 1965, “HBCUs are …any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was,
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